Net array for mounting in a frame

ABSTRACT

The invention relates to a net array for mounting in a frame, comprising a net part ( 2 ), a cable part ( 3 ) that is passed through all the edge meshes ( 10 ) of the net part except on one side ( 13 ) and whose configuration is adapted to that of the net part ( 2 ), in addition to an elastic tension element ( 6 ) that is passed through the edge meshes ( 14 ) of the cable-free side ( 13 ) of the net part ( 2 ). In order to simplify mounting of a holding net or the like having said net array, the net array ( 1 ) forms a pre-assembled unit whose cable part ( 3 ) and tension element ( 6 ) can be inserted into the frame with the purpose of mounting the net array ( 1 ) in said frame.

[0001] The present invention relates to a net arrangement for mounting in a frame, comprising a net part, a cable part that is threaded through all the edge meshes of the net part except on one side, the configuration of said cable part being adapted to that of the net part, in addition to an elastic tension element that is passed through the edge meshes of the cable-free side of the net part.

[0002] Net arrays of this kind are frequently components of retaining nets used on the inside surfaces of doors, seat backs or similar surfaces to hold all kinds of articles.

[0003] Known retaining nets with net arrays of this kind require considerable installation outlays that, for reasons of economy, result in a number of unnecessary transport procedures.

[0004] It is the objective of the present invention to so develop a net array for mounting in a frame, of the type described in the introduction hereto, that the outlay incurred for the installation of a retaining net or the like that has a net array of this kind is greatly reduced.

[0005] According to the present invention, this objective has been achieved in that the net array is configured as a preassembled unit, the cable part of which, together with its tension element, can be inserted into the frame in order to install the net array in said frame.

[0006] According to the present invention, the components that function directly with the net part of the net array, together with the net part, form the preassembled unit that can as such be installed in the frame of the future retaining net. This makes assembly a great deal simpler and results in a considerable reduction of the outlay needed for the assembly of the future retaining net.

[0007] According to one advantageous configuration of the net array according to the present invention, the two ends of the tension element are joined to the two unattached ends of the cable part, this connection being most expediently realized by means of two transition parts that are mounted on the two unattached ends of the cable part, and with which the two unattached ends of the tension element can be attached. The net array that is preassembled in this way can be assembled to the retaining net by making a connection between the ends of the tension element and of the cable part on the one hand, as well as corresponding receiving recesses, clip-on channels or the like that are provided on the frame.

[0008] Each transition part is attached in a simple way to the unattached end of the cable part that is associated with it, so as to be releasable therefrom, in that it has a cylindrical clip-on section with which it can be clipped or snapped onto the unattached end of the cable part that is associated with it.

[0009] The connection between the transition part and the end of the tension element that is associated with it can be realized in a way that is less costly from the design standpoint if each transition part has a clip-on section in which the end of the end of the cable part that is associated with it, which is provided with an end head, can be snapped.

[0010] Depending on the arrangement and configuration of the receiver recesses, clip-on channels, or the like, on the frame, assembly of the net arrangement described heretofore to the frame can be effected while maintaining the connection between the tension element and the cable part, or the two transition pieces can each be removed from the tension element and from the cable part, as a result of which the fixed connection between the tension element and the cable part can be released before the net array is installed.

[0011] According to another advantageous embodiment of the present invention, the cable part has a bottom part and two arms that extend from the ends of said bottom part, the net part being of a quadrilateral, trapezoidal, square or quadratic shape.

[0012] The present invention will be described in greater detail below on the basis of one embodiment shown in the drawings appended hereto. In principle, the single drawing shows the net array according to the present invention for installation on a frame, the two transition parts of the net array being shown as components of said array and—for purposes of greater clarification—as individual parts.

[0013] As shown in the drawing, the net array according to the present invention is a component part of a retaining net (not shown herein) that serves to hold articles of all kinds on the back of a seat, a door, or a similar surface. To this end, the retaining net has a frame (not shown herein) in which the net array 1 according to the present invention can be installed.

[0014] The net array 1 comprises a net part 2, a cable part 3, two transition parts 4, 5, and a tension element 6.

[0015] The net part 2 is of a textile material that has a certain degree of elasticity and in the embodiment shown is of a more or less rectangular shape.

[0016] The cable part 3 has a bottom part 7 and two arms 8, 9 that in the embodiment shown extend upwards, more or less vertically, from the bottom side, so that the cable part 3 is configured in an approximate U-shape.

[0017] The bottom part 7 and the two arms 8, 9 of the cable part 3 are threaded through the edge meshes 10 along the sides of the net part 2 that are associated with the bottom part 7 and the arms 8, 9.

[0018] Between the unattached ends 11, 12 of the arms 8, 9 of cable part 3 there is a side 13 of the net part 2 where there is no cable part and the tension element is threaded through the edge meshes of this cable-free side 13. The tension element, which is most expediently of an elastic material, is joined by the two transition parts 4, 5 to the unattached ends 11, 12 of the arms 8, 9 of the cable part 3.

[0019] Each transition part 4, 5 has a cylindrical plug-in section 15, by means of which the transition parts 4, 5 can be attached to their associated ends 11, 12 of the arms 8, 9 of the cable part 3 so as to be releasable therefrom. Additionally, each transition part 4, 5 has a snap-on section 16, into which one end of the cable part 6 that is fitted with an end cap 17 can be snapped.

[0020] The preassembled net array 1 shown in the drawing can be realized very simply by snapping the cylindrical snap-on sections 15 of the transition parts 4, 5, which are shown separately in the drawing, onto the unattached ends 11, 12 of the cable part 3 that is already threaded through the associated edge meshes of the net part 2 and by snapping the ends of the cable part 6 that are provided with the end caps 17 into the snap-on sections 16 of the two transition parts 4, 5. In order to assemble the retaining net that incorporates this net array 1, all that has to be done is to establish the connection between the cable part 3 and the ends of the tension element 6 with a retaining-net frame (not shown herein), this being provided with a suitable receiving recesses, clip-on channels, or the like, for this purpose. 

1. Net array for installation in a frame, with a net part (2), a cable part (3) that is threaded through all the edge meshes (10) of the net part (2), except along one side (13), the configuration of said cable part being matched to the configuration of the net part (2), and an elastic tension element (6) that is threaded through the edge meshes (14) along the cable-free side (13) of the net part (2), characterized in that the net array forms a preassembled unit, the cable part (3) of which, together with its tension element (6), can be inserted into this so as to assemble the net array on the frame.
 2. Net array as defined in claim 1, in which the tension element (6) can be joined by its two ends to the two unattached ends (11, 12) of the cable part (3).
 3. Net array as defined in claim 2, in which a transition part (4, 5) is installed on the two unattached ends (11, 12) of the cable part (3), with which the two ends of the tension element (6) can be joined together.
 4. Net array as defined in claim 3, in which each transition part (4, 5) has a cylindrical snap-on part (15) with which it can be snapped on to its associated unattached end (11, 12) of the cable part (3), and fixed there so as to be releasable therefrom.
 5. Net array as defined in claim 3 or claim 4, in which each transition part (4, 5) has a snap-on section (16), into which the end of the tension element (6) that is associated with it and fitted with an end cap, can be snapped.
 6. Net array as defined in one of the claims 1 to 5, in which the cable part (3) has a bottom part (7) and two arms (8, 9) that extend from the ends of said bottom part, the net part (2) being of a quadrilateral, trapezoidal, square, or rectangular shape. 